What do you call an area in which many features are similar?
What is a region.
100
Which state includes a large part of the Great Basin?
What is Nevada.
100
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river is called a _________________________.
What is a tributary.
100
How do you think the climate of the Northeast would most likely affect life there?
The cold winters might make it difficult for people to stay warm and to find food.
Summers are hot to help plants and other food to grow.
100
What is Mrs. Swint's favorite football team?
What is OSU
200
what are the three largest countries in North America?
United States, Canada, and Mexico
200
What bodies of water did people build dams acaross to form reservoirs?
What is rivers and streams.
200
A region's climate is one feature used to describe its __________________________.
What is environment.
200
How do you think the climate of the Southwest would most likely affect life there?
The hot and dry climate of the Southwest might make it difficult to grow food or to find fresh water for drinking.
200
Changes in seasons are caused by Earth's _______________.
What is orbit.
300
What lines help locate places on a map?
What is longitude and latitude.
300
How is the climate of the Northeast different from that of much of the Southwest?
It is colder and wetter.
300
The ________________of the Mississippi River is made up of most of the land between the Appalachian Mt. and he Rocky Mt.
What is drainage basin.
300
How would you describe the geography and climate of the United States overall?
United States is large, has a variety of landforms, and has diverse climates.
300
The border north of the United States is____________.
What is Canada.
400
How would you describe the landform known as the Coastal Plain?
Flat low land along the Atlantic Ocean.
400
What does the word modify mean?
To change.
400
Soil, plants, water, and minerals are some of the _________________________that people can use.
What is natural resources.
400
Why does distance from the equator usually affect the climate of a place?
The closer one is to the equator, the warmer the temperature.
400
What borders to the south of the United States
What is Mexico.
500
What has worn down the peaks of the Apppalachian Mt. over time?
What is erosion.
500
How many years are there in a century?
100 years.
500
To help crops grow, ________________________ can be used to bring water to a normally dry area.
What is irrigation.
500
What relationship between the Earth and the sun causes the seasons to occur?
The seasons occur because parts of the Earth receive different amounts of sunlight and heat at different times of the year. Changes are more distinct in some places where they have 4 seasons. Others are warm all year round.
500
What is the largest gulf in the United States to the south?